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A step forward in contractor compliance

Tower have partnered with Arm-CC to ensure contractors attending site are properly qualified and insured to attend your scheme.

Tower are happy to advise that we have recently signed an agreement with Arm-CC to monitor contractor compliance across all of …

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The caretaker crunch: Schemes with caretakers may be particularly affected by high inflation

The sudden shock of inflation is having an impact across the economy and it can be particularly destabilising for Body Corporates with caretakers where the remuneration is pegged to national price increases.

The critical rule with caretakers is that the …

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New tenant laws bring challenges for your body corporate

New tenant laws in Queensland will affect the way a body corporate deals with maintenance and by-law issues adding complexity and costs for owners.

Stage one of Queensland’s Housing Legislation Amendment Act 2021 is due to take effect from October …

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Practical solutions to your body corporate parking problems

Recently, Will Marquand, our General Manager / Senior Body Corporate Manager and Todd Garsden from Mahoneys collaborated with LookUpStrata to discuss some practical solutions to body corporate parking problems.

Body Corporate Parking Problems Webinar Recording

Here is just one of …

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Supply and demand crisis set to hit body corps

Building and maintenance costs are likely to increase over the next year

A quick prediction for 2022:

Building and maintenance costs for body corporates are set to spike.

That’s not the news owners want to hear, but it is a …

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Smoking in body corporates to be stubbed out?

A new interpretation of the Body Corporate Act opens the prospect of greater smoking restrictions in body corporates

While smoking is generally being eased out of most parts of society, it has long been a vexed issue in Queensland body …

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What if Your Building has an Emergency During the Holiday Season?

What steps should you take if your building has an emergency during the holiday season.

With the end of the year approaching, everyone in the Tower offices is looking forward to our annual break over the holiday period.

Even body …

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Three Quick Tips for Better Committee Meetings

Good committee meetings can be the backbone of a well-run body corporate scheme, but too often they are allowed to drag on for extended periods and lose their sense of purpose.

It’s understandable that meetings sometimes lose purpose as body …